[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57703-57704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20359]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; COVID-19 Provider Relief 
Fund and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Payment Reporting Activities, 
OMB No. 0906-0068--Revision.

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
HRSA has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments 
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided 
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the 
review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 
30-day comment period for this Notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than October 
21, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Samantha Miller, the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call 
(240) 276-7189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund 
(PRF) Reporting Activities OMB No. 0906-0068--Revision.
    Abstract: HRSA disburses the PRF and American Rescue Plan (ARP) 
Rural payments to eligible health care providers to support health 
care-related expenses or lost revenues attributable to the COVID-19 
pandemic. Providers who have attested to the Terms and Conditions 
regarding their PRF and ARP Rural payment(s), including the requirement 
that the provider ``shall submit reports as the Secretary determines 
are needed to ensure compliance with conditions that are imposed on 
this Payment, and such reports shall be in such form, with such 
content, as specified by the Secretary in future program instructions 
directed to all Recipients,'' will be using the PRF Reporting Portal to 
submit information about their use of PRF and ARP Rural payments. In 
anticipation of the approved OMB form (control number 0906-0068) 
expiring on January 31, 2023, HRSA is undergoing the revision of the 
ICR approval to include the ARP Rural reporting requirements and to 
allow for data collection beyond the January 31, 2023 expiration.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register, 87, FR pp. 20441 
(April 7, 2022). There was one request for program information.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Recipients of a PRF and 
ARP Rural payment agreed to a set of Terms & Conditions (T&Cs), which, 
among other requirements, mandate compliance with certain reporting 
requirements that will facilitate appropriate oversight of recipients' 
use of funds.
    Information collected will allow for (1) assessing whether 
recipients have met statutory and programmatic requirements, (2) 
conducting audits, (3) gathering data required to report on findings 
with respect to the disbursements of PRF and ARP Rural payments, and 
(4) program evaluation. HRSA staff will also use information collected 
to identify and report on trends in health care metrics and 
expenditures before and during the allowable period for expending PRF 
and ARP Rural payments.
    Included in this revision are the following:

 A new funding source is now included in the data collection 
form (the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2) (ARP Rural))
 Additional reporting periods are added for reporting entities 
to report on use of funds (Reporting Period 5, 6, and 7)
 Updated burden estimates to include ARP Rural payment 
reporting in Reporting Period 4
 Updated burden estimates to reflect the number of reporting 
entities and additional reporting periods
 Adjusted burden estimates for providers who have additional 
reporting requirements

    Likely Respondents: PRF and ARP Rural payment recipients who have 
received more than $10,000 in aggregate PRF and ARP Rural payments 
during one of the Payment Received Periods outlined below and that 
agreed to the associated T&Cs are required to submit a report in the 
PRF Reporting Portal during the applicable Reporting Time Period.

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                                Payment received
                                period (payments       Reporting time
      Reporting period        exceeding $10,000 in         period
                               aggregate received)
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Period 1....................  April 10, 2020, to    July 1, 2021, to
                               June 30, 2020.        September 30, 2021.
Period 2....................  July 1, 2020, to      January 1, 2022, to
                               December 31, 2020.    March 31, 2022.
Period 3....................  January 1, 2021, to   July 1, 2022, to
                               June 30, 2021.        September 30, 2022.
Period 4....................  July 1, 2021, to      January 1, 2023, to
                               December 31, 2021.    March 31, 2023.
Period 5....................  January 1, 2022, to   July 1, 2023, to
                               June 30, 2022.        September 30, 2023.
Period 6....................  July 1, 2022, to      January 1, 2024, to
                               December 31, 2022.    March 31, 2024.
Period 7....................  January 1, 2023, to   July 1, 2024, to
                               June 30, 2023.        September 30, 2024.
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    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to

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develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the 
purpose of collecting, validating and verifying information, processing 
and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of 
information; to search data sources; to complete and review the 
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information. The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are 
summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total  burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response (in        hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting          126,831               1         126,831             5.6         710,254
 Period 1 (Providers who
 received payments April 10,
 2020, to June 30, 2020)........
PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting          120,536               1         120,536             4.2         506,251
 Period 2 (Providers who
 received payments July 1, 2020,
 to December 31, 2020)..........
PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting           20,493               1          20,493             6.1         125,007
 Period 3 (Providers who
 received payments, January 1,
 2021, to June 30, 2021)........
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting               51,622               1          51,622             5.6         289,083
 Portal, Reporting Period 4
 (Providers who received
 payments July 1, 2021, to
 December 31, 2021).............
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting                4,256               1           4,256             5.5          23,408
 Portal, Reporting Period 5
 (Providers who received
 payments January 1, 2022, to
 June 30, 2022).................
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting                1,300               1           1,300             5.4           7,020
 Portal, Reporting Period 6
 (Providers who received
 payments July 1, 2022, to
 December 31, 2022).............
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting                3,690               1           3,690             5.4          19,926
 Portal, Reporting Period 7
 (Providers who received
 payments January 1, 2023, to
 June 30, 2023).................
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    Total.......................         328,728  ..............         328,728  ..............       1,680,949
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    HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and 
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper 
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the 
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to 
minimize the information collection burden.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2022-20359 Filed 9-20-22; 8:45 am]
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